He said “the attackers used civilian residences, and homes as launching areas for the attacks at different times of the night of monday 15th october, 2012″.

Mr. Musa said all the attacks were repelled by security forces, and “24 Boko Haram members were killed,” while “there was no civilian casualty, but one soldier was wounded.”

However, some residents of Maiduguri said many residents took their loved ones to the hospitals with several gunshot wounds after the attack; while the Gwange cemetery was unusually busy, Tuesday, as many residents prefer to quietly bury their dead than report to the authorities who often deny them the corpses of their loved ones.

A staff of the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital claimed that when he arrived for duty, Tuesday morning, he saw corpses of uniformed men and civilians. He however could not give a specific number of the dead and the wounded. Another resident claimed that at least 20 civilians were killed in the encounter.